Pathetic health status and working condition of Zambian women

Abstract

Every human being has the right to access live in an environment with minimum health risks and to have right to use the services that can prevent or alleviate sufferings, treat diseases, promote good health throughout the individual's quality of life. Females living in middle income countries are being denied these basic human rights. The problems of working women are woven round the social, economic disequilibrium such as poverty, malnutrition, environmental degradation; the family lifestyle and ignorance were increased in recent decades. Hence, it is a felt need that to understand the health problems of women working in both sectors therefore, a comparative study has been conducted among them and the present paper discusses their health problems and the factors responsible for the same. The result found that, today a marked difference in the health status of women, especially that of women working in organized and unorganized sectors. It opens up the new avenues of scientific research to provide theoretical and empirical knowledge and propose a suitable solution to the nation for improved health and nutritional status of the women workers in the study area.